Abstract : Information and Communication Sciences are a specific french discipline. The anglo-saxons have keep the difference between, on the one hand, Library and InformationScience (LIS) and, on the other hand, Communication and Media Studies. Belonging to the Information and Communication Science field the french journal Études de Communication publishes articles concerning LIS as well as media studies articles. The visibility of french-speaking journals on the international stage, in an English-speaking world, is more and more problematic. When the scientific field to which a journal belongs does not exist outside of the french-speaking communities this problematic intensify. This reflexion defines the visibility concept and its stakes and questions the role of evaluation and language in the modern scientific world through a case study of the journal Études de Communication.